Cash box



Patented May 29,1923.

` man? Lona G. PRICE, or Los Ane-Enns, CALIFORNIA.

CASI-I BOX'.

Application led October 14,Y 1920. Serial No. 416,807.

1 denominations. The cash box, when closed,

may be locked and thusaiford convenient and safe means for carrying thecash contained therein. i

The invention will be readily understood from the following descriptionof the accompanying drawings, in which;

Figure 1 is a perspective view of the box in its closed, lockedposition.

Fig. 2 is a plan view of the box in open position ready to be employedfor making change.

Fig. 3 is a transverse section on the line- 3-3 of Fig. 1.

The box, preferably, comprises a rectangular receptacle having thebottom 1 and the cover 2. The bottom is arranged'as a tray, the base ofwhich is provided with .the

grooves 3 extending from the front to the` rear walls of the bottom. vThese grooves are substantially semicircular and are of different sizesso that coins of various'denominations may be received upon their edgeswithin the respective grooves. The various size grooves extend tovarious depths within the base so that the coins of various sizesreceived therein will be positioned with their upper edges substantiallyin alinement with the top of the bottom l. The grooves?) may be dividedmidway of their lengths by cross partition 4, each of the grooves thusformed being arranged to contain a certain number of the coins of thevarious denominations.

The portions of the base between the various grooves forming the strips5 are, preferably, graduated along their edges as shown at 6. Thesegraduations are positioned proportional to the thickness of the coinsadapted to be received in the respective grooves so that the graduationswill af.- ford ready means forl counting the number of coins in agroove. The coins are, preferably, stacked in the grooves in front ofpartition 4 from the front edge 7 of bottom 1 toward the partition 4;and the coins in the ably, rlhe graduations 6 may be numbered .as shownat 8 in accordance with such af stack- Irie. d

' grooves in rear ofthis partition' are, prefei'-l stacked rearwardlyfrom the partition.

ing arrangement in order to readily denote the number of coinsI inkanygroove.V

The coverr 2 comprises Aa-tray'with thetop of the cover Thistray isdivided transverseiy by the partition 9 in order to form4 theelongatedre` ceptacles lOadapted to contain bills. .Spring forming the-base ofthetray.L

clips 11 maybe provided in the respective y receptacles 10 in order toyieldablyhold stacksy of bills in the receptacles; These spring clipsare, preferably, arranged at one end of the receptacles,

their opposite ends the receptacles may be provided with lips 12. Theselips extend from the walls forming thecoverand fromk the partition 9 atthe upper edges of the respective receptacles so as to afl'ordr meansfor holding one side of the ends of the bills within their receptacles.`lt will thus be'seen that the opposite sides of the ends of the billsare loose so that theyv may be readily grasped for withdrawingthebills.

The cover 2 is hinged to the bottomv 1 as by the hinges 13 so that thecover may be swung downwardly over the bottom shown in Fig. 1, in orderto forml a closed receptacle, or mav i the b veniently positioned foruse. n

In order to prevent the coins falling from their grooveswhen the box isclosed, a cover 151iits within the open edge vof the cover tray and is,preferably, hinged atitsfrear edgeV to th A edges "of the coins beingHush with the top ofthe bottom tray whenthe cover of the box.

l Vase cover tray as shownat 16. The

and at one sideof be swung rearwardly from ottom as shown in Fig. 2inorder that the coin tray and the bill traywill be con-v is closed, thecover l5.willrest against the -v edges of the coins and movement of thecoins in cover 15 may be provided will thus prevent their grooves. Thewitb'a finger aperture 17 at its swingingedge in order that it may bereadily swung from one"V side to the other to obtain access to eitherthe bill tray or the coin tray when the cash box is open for use. A.lock 18 may be provided for the box when in its closed position.

thus set forth, provides a convenient container for both bills andcoinsl which, when closed, will form safe means for carrying thecontents of the boxl and which when open It will be noted that theconstruction as i Will position the Coin and bill trays convenient foruse in making Change.

The iinproved cash box will also be found especially Convenient Whenchecking the contents of a box; since a ready means is provided forcarrying the money to a een tral oiiiee so that ateller may count thecoins by simply reading the graduations upon the coin grooves.

Various Changes may be made Without departing 'from the spirit of theinvention as claimed.

lfhat is claimed is:

1. cash box comprisinga body, a coin tray in the body formed withgrooves at various depths and of substantially seniieireular forni incross section, a Cover hingedly supported on the body7 bill retaining'means Within the Cover, and a Cover plate hingedly supported upon thecover and arranged between the cover and the body so that when theformer is in closed position the plate will engage the coins containedin the grooves and prevent movement of the latter Within the `grooves.

LORA G. PRICE.

